idly wonder

Frequency: 7.212.7 per million words

to think about something in a casual, unfocused way

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Examples (10)

  • I often idly wonder about the lives of strangers I see on the street.
  • She would sometimes idly wonder what her life would have been like if she had taken a different path.
  • He found himself idly wondering about the origins of the old building.
  • We used to idly wonder what the future held for us.
  • Sitting by the window, I idly wondered where all the birds were flying.
  • Don't just idly wonder; take action to find the answers.
  • One can idly wonder for hours about various philosophical questions.
  • As the train passed by, he couldn't help but idly wonder about its destination.
  • The child would idly wonder about the shapes of the clouds in the sky.
  • Sometimes, it's nice to just idly wonder without needing to find a definitive answer.